When Do I Start To Feed Baby Food, Cerial, Semi Hard Foods And Hard Foods To My Baby?
It all depends on the baby. They say cereal at 4 months and baby food follows. I am a mother to a 21 month old daughter and a 6 month old son, I started both of them on cereal at 2 months (off a spoon only) and baby food followed shortly. I stuck with first foods only though until they were about 6 months old. My doctor told me to go ahead and start the cereal and food at 2 months. My daughter was drinking 5-6 8 ounce bottles at 2 months old and my son was drinking about 6-7 7 ounce bottles at 2 months old. They were both only a pound shy of doubling their birth weight by 2 months. My daughter was 8 lbs 6 oz. at birth and 15 lbs. 10 oz. at 2 months. My son was 8 lbs. 7 oz at birth and 15 lbs. 13 oz. at 2 months. They are both extremely healthy and happy children. My daughter is doing things the doctor said most children don’t do til they are 3 and my son has been sitting up on his own since 3.5 months and crawling since 5 months. They are not overweight, my pedi says they are right on track with their weight (my daughter is currently at 30 lbs and my son is at 19 lbs.) or have any digestion problems. I don’t see anything wrong with starting solids before 6 months but like everyone says…every baby is different and I would talk to your doctor.